It's supposed to rain for the next two days which is fine with me because I feel like we never see any rain in this city. I plan on staying out of all the traffic and most of the rain, heading down to Portfolio's for a cup of coffee to keep me warm while I blog.
I don't really like New Year's resolutions because I think that we've become so cynical that it's easy for us to cast them aside when they become annoyances. Therefore, I never make New Year's resolutions- I make goals for the next three hundred and sixty five days.
Yesterday I started in on my main goal, to lower the energy use from my house. I bought some CFLs and installed them in all the lights in my house, reducing my wattage from 300 watts across five bulbs to 49 across those same five. I'm not sure the energy my microwave or television uses, but they are the next ones to get an overhaul. I can't really do anything about my fridge since it's my landlord's, so that will have to wait.
I also make sure to keep battery chargers unplugged when not in use as they leak energy even when not in use.
And last but not least, I want to install some sort of solar panels to use and abuse the sun's inifinite power for my Playstation and DVD player. I know it's expensive to do, but I just think that it would be worth it if I was making as small an impact on our world as possible.
Any of you have any other good power-saving, green-Earth ideas? Or are the lot of you hummer-driving, leaving-the-fridge-open, all-styrofoam-plates-using, Planet-killers?
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